Ben Cook exits 'West Side Story' after injury
Dharon E. Jones will replace Ben Cook in the role of Riff in "West Side Story" after Cook sustained an injury during the show. Cook was injured during the evening performance on Sunday. This…
Dharon E. Jones will replace Ben Cook in the role of Riff in "West Side Story" after Cook sustained an injury during the show. Cook was injured during the evening performance on Sunday. This…
The '90s sitcom "The Nanny" is being developed into a musical, with a music and lyrics by "Crazy Ex Girlfriend's" Rachel Bloom. The musical will feature a book co-written by Fran Drescher, s…
ABC has chosen Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" as its next live musical. The live musical is set to air on the network in the fall and to be produced by Brooks, who directed the 1974 fi…
GLAAD has nominated five Broadway productions as part of its 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. This year's Broadway nominees, chosen from productions that opened during 2019, are: "Choir B…
"Sing Street" will transfer to Broadway this spring following its run at New York Theatre Workshop. Based on the 2016 film by John Carney, filmmaker of "Once," the musical features a boo…
"MJ," the Michael Jackson musical, has announced complete casting for its Broadway run. In addition to the previously announced Ephraim Sykes, playing Jackson, the cast will feature Quent…
Andre Braugher and Enrico Colantoni will star alongside Debra Messing in "Birthday Candles" on Broadway. In addition to Braugher and Colantoni, the complete cast includes Crystal Finn, S…
"Freestyle Love Supreme" has recouped its capitalization costs after 14 weeks of Broadway performances. The show was capitalized for up to $3.6 million, according to a filing with the Securi…
"MJ," the Michael Jackson musical, is hosting nationwide auditions to cast a young Michael Jackson and an understudy for star Ephraim Sykes. The production will hold auditions for Michael Ja…
"The Music Man" will play the Winter Garden Theatre next season, the production confirmed Monday. The production, directed by Jerry Zaks and starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, had been…
"Beetlejuice" has broken multiple box office records at the Winter Garden Theatre in recent weeks. The musical announced Monday that it broke the seven-performance week record for the Winter…
Tyler Lansing Weaks and Eduardo Ramos are joining the cast of "Take Me Out" after the departure of two previously announced cast members. Weaks and Ramos take over the roles of Jason Chenier…
This year's GLAAD Media Awards will include an Outstanding Broadway Production category for the first time since 2014. The decision to bring back the category came after "a surge of powerful…
The New York Musical Festival is ceasing operation after 15 years, the organization announced Thursday. "It is with a heavy heart that we face the reality of the arts funding crisis in t…
The "West Side Story" revival has moved back its opening night date by two weeks after Isaac Powell suffered a knee injury during a recent performance. The musical will now open on Feb. 20, …
The Drama League Awards will be held May 15, 2020, the organization announced Monday. The 86th annual ceremony will take place at the Marriott Marquis Times Square at 11:30 a.m. The awards, …
Cameron Dallas, a social media star and singer, will step into the role of Aaron Samuels in "Mean Girls" on Broadway. Dallas takes over for Kyle Selig, as he takes a four-week leave of a…
Paulo Szot, an opera star and Tony Award winner for "South Pacific," will join the cast of "Chicago." Szot begins in the role of Billy Flynn on Jan. 6 for a four-week run. He then returns to…
Original cast members Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell will reunite for a benefit concert of "Ragtime." The concert, which will benefit The Actors Fund, will be dedicated to Marin Ma…
The Broadway production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will perform the play at Madison Square Garden for 18,000 New York City public school students. The performance will take place on Feb. 26,…
David Jeffery will take over the role of Connor Murphy in the Broadway cast of "Dear Evan Hansen." Jeffery, who was part of the Toronto and touring companies of "Dear Evan Hansen," takes ove…
"The Inheritance" has released a new block of tickets through June 7, 2020, the date of the 74th annual Tony Awards. The two-part play, written by Matthew Lopez, opened at the Ethel Barrymor…
"The Lightning Thief" will launch another national tour following its Broadway production. The musical, which plans to ends its Broadway run on the scheduled date of Jan. 5, 2020, will launc…
"The Phantom of the Opera" will now sell tickets through Amazon Alexa. The musical has partnered with Broadw.ai, an artificial intelligence platform working with Broadway shows, to create an…
Broadway Across America has entered into a partnership with Broadway Grand Rapids and Michigan State University's Wharton Center for Performing Arts. As part of the partnership, Broadw…